[Koha-devel] Re: secure linuxen

[Pat Eyler]

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:

> Probably would be  good to test under HPUX also.

hmm, AIX, OS-X, and Solaris are all also interesting ... Win32 less so,
but probably important nonetheless.

Gaah!  I hate scope creep ;)

-pate

>
> Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
>
>
> > Subj:secure linuxen
> > Date:6/18/2002 10:28:01 AM US Mountain Standard Time
> > From:<A HREF="mailto:pate at eylerfamily.org">pate at eylerfamily.org</A>
> > To:<A HREF="mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com">COURYHOUSE at aol.com</A>
> > CC:<A HREF="mailto:Koha-devel at lists.sourceforge.net">Koha-devel at lists.sourceforge.net</A>
> > Sent from the Internet
> >
> >
> >
> > okay, okay, i give.  ;)
> >
> > It doesn look like the e-smith package does provide a lot of
> > functionality, and could be a great choice for a library installing koha
> > on their own.
> >
> > Because the various developers (and companies) each like different
> > flavors (or flavours) of linux (and other unixen), we're not likely to
> > settle on a specific distribution.
> >
> > All is not lost though, there are several options:
> >    Someone with enough interest could build packages themselves.
> >    Someone could start a company to sell an 'after market kit' for
> >      e-smith.
> >    Someone could contact e-smith and talk with them about adding koha into
> >      their current offering.
> >    Someone could hire an existing koha support company to build the
> >      packages and provide support for them.
> >
> > I think that any of these is a pretty good option.  As the Kaitiaki I'd
> > certainly encourage someone to take on any one of them, and would be
> > willing to help, advise, and otherwise support them.
> >
> > As an individual, I'm not likely to take on the project (on my dime at
> > least) for a couple of reasons:
> >    RedHat is the acknowledged (US) market leader ... I can ride that brand
> >      to higher sales.  (cf. Networking shops selling Cisco gear)  SME may
> >      prove to be a viable extension to this, but not as a first cut (imco)
> >    As a second platform I want to see Koha working on OpenBSD.  I think
> >      this is the best choice for a secure server.  It will also help show
> >      that Koha isn't 'for linux only'.
> >
> >
> > Let me know what you'd like to do,
> > -pate
>
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